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lol. I'm not tracking snow for this event. Absolutely, not worth it. However, I will be tracking the storm itself as it looks interesting and may provide some needed rainfall. Might have to bike a trail or two today...I've been slacking on that.

I grew up in the 80s and it made me think snow was basically to be expected every winter. Pretty solid 3 months of it. There were hits and misses, but snow was definitely a theme.

Cloudy again to start the day lol. I don’t care as much as I’m portraying, but dang…can we get a sunny day. Maybe by this afternoon…

Yep, back to cloudy conditions. This is a perfect example of why I do not like a persistent nw flow. The clouds to precip ratio is just not ideal…especially as you get further n and w of the fall line.

Still can’t shake the clouds in Frederick. Been mostly cloudy the entire week. It does appear there’s gradual clearing to the southwest…finally.

On the flip side, we have my Oakland As lol

Soto to the Yankees. Kinda sounds right.

If I can’t play basketball in it, then it’s a quality snow event. I expect snow covered courts…anything else and I’m gonna be out there working on the Curry two-ball drill. True story.

Doesn’t seem like there’s much in the way of cold rushing in behind that system. Even when that happens, east of the mountains is typically not very good at rain to snow due to downsloping. Looks like the following weekend is the next system to watch.

Unpopular opinion on this forum, but several days of generally cloudy weather for periodic flurries isn’t the most ideal weather pattern. For me, I think it’s 50s and sun, or a snowstorm.

Clippers also resulted in many forecast busts back in the day, though when they make it over the mountains they can be pretty cool and help keep the winter vibe intact.

For the most part, the 80s were pretty good for snow as well and made me grow up thinking significant snow was to be expected every winter.

I just commented something similar prior to reading this. Aside from a few years when I was traveling for IT, I've spent most of my life in MoCo until I moved to Frederick. Even compared to DC, I feel like there's slightly more clouds along the Catoctin's. The part that kinda sucks is that it happens more in the cooler months because of CAA, which coincides with shorter days.

We're in the clouds without precip portion of the program. It's pretty noticeable how much residual cloud cover we get being right along the Blue Ridge compared to places towards Richmond/south and east, especially in this type of a NW flow pattern.

Yea, but being patient about things we can't control isn't nearly as fun even though it would be completely rational.

We can certainly agree to disagree.

I think it’ll snow at some point in the next 4 months, unless it doesn’t.

So like Fe”brrrr”uary as in cold and snowy?

I’m not even sure how anyone can even defend the decision. If a team goes undefeated and still can’t win a title, then what’s the point of even playing lol.

I get your point (yes, there are teams in every sport that miss the cut), but in what sport does an undefeated team not have a chance to win the title? Re college hoops, I actually like the fact that every conference is represented. I know college football is different in that there’s far less games, but it’s gotta be the least competitively balanced system in all of sports and may even contribute to less parity as the top hs prospects know they’d have very little chance of winning a title at a smaller school.

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... A clipper system will be moving across the area Wednesday morning. Latest indications are that there may be enough overlap of lift and moisture for a few rain/snow showers east of the mountains, though temperatures are marginal especially east of US-15. Colder than normal temperatures and blustery conditions will follow the clipper through Thursday, then milder temperatures build in Friday into Saturday as high pressure shifts overhead then offshore. A large trough and cold front approach the area next weekend, setting the stage for unsettled weather. Uncertainty lingers in the details, but some gusty winds, downpours, or even rumbles of thunder are possible.

We are kinda due for 3 subpar winters in a row.

How's next winter looking?

I didn't really follow college football this season, so that may be true re FSU's schedule, but it's pretty stupid that an undefeated ACC team doesn't get a chance to win the title. College football can be fun, but it's an incredibly flawed playoff system. March Madness >>> CFP

Yea, but there was some hyping up of this time frame, which now is looking like an autumn pattern (yesterday was fringe t-shirt weather lol). In general, though, the idea was geared towards Jan/Feb…so not too many surprises yet.